“Yes it looks like it should be available around the same time if not smack on [the] 28th,” the Asus spokesman told Siliconrepublic.com.

When the Nexus 7.2 goes on sale in the UK it is expected to cost stg£199.99 (€232.34) for the 16GB Wi-Fi only version and stg£239.99 (€278.81) for the 32GB Wi-Fi only version.

The Nexus 7.2 comes with a new high-resolution screen, which packs 323ppi – compared to the original’s 216ppi – into the same 7-inch display. The display has been boosted from 1,280 x 800 to 1,920 x 1,200 for a true 1080p HD experience, and making the new Nexus 7 the world’s highest resolution 7-inch tablet.

The 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro CPU is nearly twice as fast as the first generation while the 400MHz Adreno 320 GPU is almost four times as fast.

Other features of the new Nexus 7 include 2GB RAM, an NFC chip, Bluetooth 4.0, dual-band Wi-Fi, a 4G LTE variant and, of course, Android 4.3 Jelly Bean.